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ANR-AtT 2 COMMENTARY 5-19-04
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Stewart is Doing Nothing Wrong
5-19-04
Jack Lewis - ANR-AtT
Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Dale Earnhardt was by far the most aggressive driver in not just NASCAR, but in all of motorsports. Earnhardt earned most of his fans that way - by bumping his way to victory (and to seven Cup championships). But now Tony Stewart bumps someone 20 laps into a race and it’s a big deal? Well, it shouldn’t.
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It seems that since Stewart ran into the lapped car of Andy Hillenburg at Darlington in March, it started a string of races in which the 2002 Cup Champion had his share of run-ins with various drivers. Stewart was blamed by many for starting “The Big One” at Talladega last month, when he cut below Kurt Busch entering turn three, in which Busch went to block, and took out about 12 cars in the process.
For those new fans in NASCAR who may doubt Stewart’s ability to race, please don’t. Ever since his rookie year in 1999, Tony has always shown to be aggressive. These cars do not have radars that keep each other from hitting each other, and wrecking each other. Tony is just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Stewart’s bashing of FOX analyst Darrell Waltrip (Three Time Cup Champion) comes as no surprise to me. Reading Waltrip’s articles on the FOX Sports website showed me that Waltrip doesn’t like “dirty racing”. But back in the ‘80s, where did Waltrip get the nickname “Jaws”? From his aggressive driving. Am I saying that Tony was doing the right thing in bashing Waltrip, Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and FOX? No, but everyone in this great country has the right to Freedom of Speech. Tony is one of the last people who speak their minds on TV, and I’ll admit, I admire him for it.
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The thing that I think has affected Tony over the past few races is the absence of his car owner, Joe Gibbs, who has gone back to coach the Washington Redskins in the NFL (and has missed a few races). Gibbs has the ability to calm Tony down in pressure situations. Just look at 2002, when Tony and the #20 team were trying to win a championship. But Tony was affected by a run-in with a photographer.
Tony Stewart has proved himself a championship driver, winning an IRL championship in 1997, and a championship in a totally different type of car in 2002 (NASCAR Cup Championship). In order to keep the media off of Tony’s shoulders, Joe Gibbs needs to sit down with Tony, and get to the bottom of his problem.
As for Darrell Waltrip, if you can dish it out, then take it.
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Just follow the guy in front of you hoping he will make a mistake and you can pass him........makes no difference if you are a second faster per lap than him. Don't do anything to get him out of the way because that's not nice and you really need to race cleanly........just be patient and sooner or later he will miss his mark and you can get under him. And, of course, he's gonna let you go because, after all he's the one who made the mistake. Looks like racing will finally be exciting again.............when we get to that point, huh? First we have to get rid of Tony, Kurt, Jeff, Jimmy Spencer, Todd Bodine, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty, Jamie, Ryan..........!!! Who's left? Let's see, there's Andy Belmont, Kurt Sheldomere, Derrick Cope.............oops, those are field fillers!! But the racing would be clean and exciting though.
